Example sentences of "never asked [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Quite a number confessed that they had never asked themselves that question and were fascinated by having to analyse their decision to farm .
2 He had never asked himself that question before .
3 I 'd never asked her before .
4 Dalgliesh had never asked her why she had moved to Norfolk but he guessed that the mill 's main attraction had been its remoteness , its closeness to notable bird sanctuaries and the impressive view of headland , sky and sea from the top storey .
5 He did not want that to happen again ; perhaps , he reasoned , it was why he had never asked her to move in with him .
6 He had never asked her to marry him , he had never even said directly and seriously ‘ I love you ’ , he was not bound to her in any way explicitly .
7 He had never asked her for her heart .
8 ‘ Smith seems determined to tell me what I want for Roy Aitken , when in fact he has never asked me .
9 He 'd never asked me that before , but in fact my religion had been important to me all along ; he only asked me that day because I had my head covered .
10 Perhaps it was something to do with our difference of opinion on the tee , I do n't know — but all through this championship Lee had never asked me to read a putt for him .
11 He has never asked me to read many putts ; he 's such a good reader of greens , and he says a professional golfer should putt by feel .
12 ‘ Although I tended not to write about her once we got to know each other , she has never asked me not to publish anything .
13 ‘ Stan Flashman has never asked me to come back , ’ said Fry ‘ I just turn up .
14 She has never asked me to leave my wife and children because she knows the pain of divorce .
15 " He has never asked me to go at this time of night before , " she whispered .
16 He 'd never asked me to do that before .
17 ‘ You 've never asked me , dear .
18 You 've never asked me , not once , how anything has gone , or where I 've been or whom I 've seen . "
19 ‘ You have never asked me anything , Your Royal Imperialness !
20 She 's never asked me to go since before the big holidays .
21 Now the Times has never asked me to write a leading article announcing that I have some doubts about the quantum theory
22 They 'd never asked him .
23 I 've never asked him to be faithful to me .
24 She had never asked him to accompany her home .
25 If he 's trusted me I 've never asked him to , and I 've never promised him fealty .
26 I 've never asked him to have I been here .
27 I 've never asked them for anything before … then all of a sudden , you become partly dependent on them … it 's very difficult .
28 He also added that Moore had never asked them to forgive her for throwing their lives into grief and chaos .
29 I do n't know , I 've never asked them that .
30 He knew that he would make his way towards the tannery , and hoped that the woman — he had never asked her name — would be there at this hour .
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